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Replication data for: "Ought it Audit?  Information, Values, and 
Public Support for the Internal Revenue Service"

The data repository contains the following files:

jeps_replication.R

	This is a replication do-file that allows a user to replicate all analyses and
	code in the entire paper and appendices, with the exception of Table S8.
	It draws on the following datasets that were used to conduct the analysis:
	
TableS8.do

	This is a replication file for the replication of Table S8 in the supplemental
	information file.
	
jeps_replication.csv

	This is a .csv file containing original survey data from an experiment described
	in the main text of the manuscript. It is the dataset used to produce the analyses
	in the main text, as well as most sections of the appendices except those described
	below.
	
jeps_replication.dta

	This file is used exclusively for the replication of Table S8 in the supplemental
	information.
	
jeps_replication_mturk_pretest.csv

	This is a .csv file pertaining to a small MTurk pre-test experiment described
	in the text of the manuscript. It permits replication of the figure and table
	included in Section 5 of the appendices.
	
pew2015.por

	This is a SPSS Portable data file containing a 2015 Pew survey that is used for
	replicating the analysis in the final empirical section of the appendix. It is 
	joined by the following file to complete that section of analysis:
	
pew2018.csv
	
	This CSV file contains the results from a 2018 Pew study that we analyze in the
	final empirical section of the appendices.
	
	
Within each of these studies we draw on several key variables.

jeps_replication.csv and jeps_replication.dta primarily use the following variables:
	IRS_dv : the first main DV described in the paper
	IRS_DV2 : the second main DV described in the paper
	IRS_DV3 : the third and final DV described in the paper
	IRSExpConds : a categorical variable representing the four treatment conditions
		in the experiment
	D0R1 : A binary variable taking the form Democrats [0] and Republicans [1]
	IRS_fmc : A factual manipulation check
	IRS_smc : The first of three substantive manipulation checks
	IRS_smc2 : The second substantive manipulation check
	IRS_smc3 : The third substantive manipulation check
	RepIdentityclean : A measure of the strength of Republican party identification
	DemIdentityclean : A measure of the strength of Democratic party identification
	
jeps_replication_mturk_pretest uses the following variables:
	IRS_dv : The main IRS support dependent variable
	IRS_dv2_dichot : A dichotomized version of the second IRS support variable
	IRS_dv3_dichot : A dichotomized version of the third IRS support variable
	IRSconditions : a categorical variable representing the treatment conditions
		in the experiment
	D0R1 : A binary variable taking the form Democrats [0] and Republicans [1]
	
pew2015.por and pew2018.csv use the following variables:
	pid3 : A three-point party ID scale (1 = R, 2 = I, 3 = D)
	irs: A measure of IRS support
	